en, _to fear_ vorhte gevorht
wurken, w[u:]rken, _to work_ worhte geworht
bringen, _to bring_ br[a]hte gebr[a]ht (Secs. 28, 29)

NOTE.--The second pers. sing. of {br[a]hte} is {br[ae]hte} or
{br[a]htes(t)}, pret. subj. {br[ae]hte}; and similarly with {d[a]hte}; the
subj. of {d[u]hte} is {d[u]hte} or {diuhte}.

CLASS II.

Sec. 92.

The verbs belonging to this class form their preterite in {-ete} and
their past participle in {-et}. In other respects Class II has the same
endings as Class I.

It includes: (_a_) The dissyllabic verbs, having a short stem-vowel
followed by a single consonant other than {l, r}, which in OHG. belonged
to Classes II and III, as {loben} (OHG. {lob[o]n}), _to praise_, pret.
{lobete}, p.p. {gelobet}; {l[e:]ben} (OHG. {l[e:]b[e]n}), _to live_, pret.
{l[e:]bete}, p.p. {gel[e:]bet} (see Sec. 88). (_b_) The dissyllabic verbs
of OHG. Class I with a short stem-vowel followed by double consonants other
than {ll} (see Sec. 31, 3), as {legen}, older {leggen} (OHG. {leggen}),
_to lay_, pret. {legete} or {leite} (Sec. 37), p.p. {geleget} or {geleit};
{denen}, older {dennen} (OHG. {dennen}), _to stretch_, pret. {denete},
p.p. {gedenet}.

Other examples belonging to Class II are: {b[e:]ten}, _to pray_, {dagen},
_to be silent_, {klagen}, _to complain_, {kl[e:]ben}, _to stick_, {laden},
_to invite_, {namen}, _to name_, {sagen}, _to say_, pret. {sagete} and
{seite} (Sec. 37).

The verbs with a long stem-syllable, which belonged to OHG. Classes II
and III, went over in MHG. either into Class I (1), see Sec. 90, or had
preterites in {-te} beside {-ete}, as {danken}, _to thank_, pret.
{dancte} beside {dankete}, p.p. {gedanct} beside {gedanket}; {vr[a]gen},
_to ask_, pret. {vr[a]gte} beside {vr[a]gete}, p.p. {gevr[a]gt} beside
{gevr[a]get}, and similarly {ahten}, _to observe_, {minnen}, _to love_,
{trahten}, _to strive_, &c., see Secs. 9,2, 90; {dienen}, _to serve_, pret.
{diende} (Sec. 40), &c.

C. MINOR GROUPS.

1. {Preterite-Presents.}

Sec. 93.

These have strong preterites with a present meaning, from which new weak
preterites have been formed. The 2nd pers. sg. ends in {-t}, and has the
same stem-vowel as the 1st and 3rd pers. sg. The following verbs belong
to this class:--

{wei[z]}, _I know_, 2nd pers. sg. {weist}; pl. {wi[zz]en}; inf. {wi[zz]en};
pres. p. {wi[zz]ende}; pret. {wisse}, {wesse}, {wiste} _or_ {weste}; p.p.
{gewist} _or_ {gewest}.

{touc}, _I am